I really love just how nonsense the games are, in the sake of I can't imagine some of the scenarios happening in a game made today.
"What if we had a elementary school child have a rapoff with this random man in a plane, to get whisky, to catch a poisonous spider."
(and honestly, megaman battle networks' 4's nonsense is wonderful nonsense. Like if I am ever going back to it I want it to be a broken mess.)
oh yeah absolutely; battle network is a game series that very much understands that the premise of the entire game setting and plot is a Little ridiculous, and they play with it like that.
My personal favorite absurdity in battle network was the bit where Lan threw his PET at someone holding a, I believe like Tournament Host, hostage with an Actual Gun and he yells GO MEGAMAN while he does it
it makes sense with what's going on with the characterization (lan is not very bright but is very driven) and it's just absurd enough to read as goofy regardless of who's playing the game
like that tarantula scenario could've been Much more boring and mundane but they instead made it something weird that you'd remember
Very Good Games overall, hohoho
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So Dirk is still trying to keep Kanaya away from Rose by moving her thoughts away from her.
I thought the antidote could've been poison, but luckily not.
I thought maybe Jade's anger was going to be played humorous, regarding Davekat getting it on without her.
But I'm glad that wasn't it!
When Dirk indicated Roxy would need to hear what Jade had to say, and when he was talking about Jade accessing her recent memories...
I thought it meant that Jade would tell Roxy about Alt Calliope, and that maybe through her trance she merged with more than just Retry!Jade.
That's still possible, but Jade's anger is pointed at Dirk!
... So did Dirk really mean to wake up an angry doggirl and point in his general direction?
Did he really work himself up to be the final villain of the epilogues, like how he was the badguy in Jake's wrestling matches?
Why even. I mean, he was going to leave in T minus X hours, wasn't he? Or was that a misdirection as well?
In any case, I've found that, having achieved God Tier enlightenment, it seems Dirk has gone to absorb the worst machiavellan qualities of Autoresponder and Dave's Bro in the process.
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... I...
Wow.
Well that sure was self aware enough of him.
So he knows he's become the villain, that people will try to stop him, but he thinks his designs are worth it?
What are those, then, exactly? Is Dirk trying to create a new plane of existence? Is this all so he can "free" his friends from their fate in the epilogues, and start up the catalyst for Homestuck 2, storywise?
He's also prophecizing his own death here. He's telling us he'll die Justly, and Dave will cut off his head.
... So...
Oh god.
Is Dirk going to be the tyrant minus an arm and an eye?
Or
Is he the pimp in the crib that Dave will have to kill, dropping it like it's hot in the process? I swear to God, that prophecy's going to be fulfilled in this manner, ain't it?
A pimp is a manipulative bastard who controls and extorts his victims, after all. Making them do things they wouldn't do otherwise.
In any case, Dirk has finally followed in the steps of his splinters, AR, Doc Scratch and Lord English, masterminding events behind everyone's back.
Actually, Dirk accepting his ultimate fate here is kind of Doc Scratch-like as well.
And apparently, he admits here that every previous time he sacrificed himself, he did it in the good faith that he'd be restored to life afterwards. Not this time.
He also thinks of Dave as better than him, which I guess serves as a good counterweight to his aggravation about Dave's love life, lol.
Ironically (Striders!), Dave meanwhile thinks (or thought) of John as a better person.
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Wow.
So, Jade was awoken long enough to snap Kanaya out of her trance, break the magic voodoo shit Dirk did to her.
That's good. And it was SUPERB to see Kanaya in a rage again. Hunting mode Kanaya is chillingly ruthless. She gives Karkat a run for his money, verbally, and Gamzee a groin kick, physically!
I guess Roxy and Kanaya really ARE the best candidates to go after Dirk.
But it saddens me that Jade is benched again. Her eyes going dark is meant to signify Calliope's spirit taking her over, since she has dark pupiles. Not sure if I thought of this last time.
Alt Calliope might leave the characters more free, abstaining from most influence, being a passive class and all.
But we know she doesn't tolerate some things - unrespectful handling of cherub artifacts, and suppressing certain feelings & thoughts and not being honest with yourself.
I wonder how that is going to play out.
So Dirk really is jumping (or has jumped) off somewhere into the C Universe, not going outside it?
With his talk about unmudding the water, I thought he was going off to find Andrew, confront the characters with their fictive nature!
Still could happen though, if Andrew's planet is somewhere else in Universe C.
"I'm already gone" is a nice allusion to "I'm already here".
Kanaya grabbing Jade with two arms would visually probably call back to Aradia manhandling Equius, and Dream Jade manhandling Dream John!!! :D
I like how this entire page was low on narration, it felt more like the dialoglogs of old this way.
Still, if "a bunch" of people go after Dirk: a) who then? It seems this time around, the trolls (or at least Kanaya) will still be part of the party.
b) when are they going to realize that there's still someone narrating their lives that isn't leaving them entirely free?
Blaperile has a good point though - Andrew's not on his planet anymore, since he died. He was last seen in the Furthest Ring during the end boss battle against Lord English.
But I'm a bit confused - I'm not sure Universe C is even connected anymore to the Furthest Ring, as I would think Alt Calliope's black hole would have eaten the C Genesis Frog already?
... I swear, if Dirk goes to Andrew's apartment and has Jane revive Andrew's corpse...
I suppose Terezi is on Dirk's ship right now? But to what end? Did he convince her Andrew could grant John a limitless revival, being the author? Or something?
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Wow. Awesome.
So first, now that Dirk isn't around to steer them, the conversations can quickly turn into complete disasters again, like we're used to.
Roxy is apparently looking like a pink-colorcoded Dave, good to know!
Dave mercifully didn't breach the subject of Dirk and Rose's perceived "hookup" while Kanaya was still in earshot.
And while Dave & Karkat are truly together now, they're still somewhat embarassed when they realize just how much they've been flirting around other people, heheh.
Dave called it having "character developed", which reminds me I didn't yet comment on Dirk referring to his "arc" on the previous page.
Dave, you hypocrite, you're people, you don't HAVE arcs (and thus no character development)!!! :P
Jade (or really, Alt Calliope) pointed the way to Dirk (and the others) in a similar manner as Rose pointed the way to the B2 session.
I didn't realize Dave was talking down to her until Roxy pointed it out, heh, but it's true.
And it's been confirmed (somewhat) that Terezi joined the others on the ship, but what for, what for?
So she didn't contact Karkat & Dave, probably feeling that she couldn't lie to their faces about John's fate?
And Alt Calliope is doing us the favor of largely staying neutral narrator.
Which I guess is good - so long as she doesn't still influence them too much in certain manners.
The way she described it, I guess we're back to black narrative text from the next page on.
I'm relieved by the way, it's kind of tiresome being on the lookout for "OOC influences" from the narration...
It seems to me it's going to be Dave, Roxy, Kanaya & Karkat (+ Jade) going after Dirk.
I suspect Jake's too upset, as is Calliope. And Jane won't leave her office.
It was VERY cool to see Karkat take up leadership though.
Maybe this sudden development in his personal life has given him the extra nudge to be able to prove to himself, once and for all, that he IS a good leader.
Heheh, I just thought of something.
It wouldn't surprise me if Squarewave came along on the rocketship. So are we in for a Squarewave-Dave rapoff in the distant future? :O
Still wondering about John's fate though.
Alt Calliope doesn't rule out he can be revived, yet she says his current "ultimate sacrifice" cements this timeline as being relevant, true and essential and all that.
I suppose it could mean that, after being revived, he doesn't have the retcon powers anymore, but still, what other things would transpire before he's allowed back into the story?
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